Spending lots of energy trying to understand every detail in a message Attempting to store the entirety of a message When we believe that intelligence is a function of how much knowledge we hold in our minds, information acquisition becomes a game of quantity over quality. We form the impossible expectation that we need to know everything to do our job well. … [Read more...] about You need to listen to your intuition more at work. Here’s how
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10 fabulous free apps for working with audio, video, and images
For quicker, simpler edits, try the ad-supported Pixlr, which works right in your web browser. You can drag and drop images from your machine or load them from the web by pasting in the URL—great for those times you just need to do a quick crop or add some basic effects. … [Read more...] about 10 fabulous free apps for working with audio, video, and images
Why Microsoft Word Really Sucks: It Was Invented In A Paper-Powered World
Word’s idea of effective collaboration is its Track Changes feature, which makes an uneventful edit read like a color-coded transcript of an argument between the world’s most narcissistic writer and the world’s most pedantic and passive-aggressive copy editor. No change is too small to pass without the writer’s explicit approval, and the editor is psychopathically unwilling to accept a blanket concession. … [Read more...] about Why Microsoft Word Really Sucks: It Was Invented In A Paper-Powered World
Here’s the word processor millennials love most
Creative Strategies surveyed over 350 students at 40 colleges across the U.S. to find out what word processor millennials love most. Surprisingly, the results showed millennials had two favorites, depending on what project they were working on, reports Recode. When millennials write papers by themselves, they overwhelming prefer to use good old trusty Microsoft Word—with 80% of students saying they do so. However, when students need to collaborate on a document, they overwhelmingly prefer Google Docs, with 78% of students naming it as their collaborative word processor of choice. Interestingly, Creative Strategies found the results were not impacted by the type of phone they use. … [Read more...] about Here’s the word processor millennials love most
Long-term employee well-being hinges on this one employee benefit
In support of this, recent research shows that when workers are not confident in their skills, they feel more stressed, less productive, and their mental health suffers. Nearly half (46%) say they would leave their employer if they don’t see a commitment to upskilling. And to be clear, nearly half of your employees believe their core skills will be obsolete in the next five years. … [Read more...] about Long-term employee well-being hinges on this one employee benefit